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  Zampogna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zampogna a generic term for a number of Italian double chantered pipes that can be found as far north as the southern part of the Marches, throughout areas in Abruzzo, Latium, Molise, Basilicata, Campagna, Calabria, and Sicily.
The tradition is now associated with Christmas, and the most famous Italian carol, "Tu Scendi dalle Stelle" (You Came Down to Us From the Stars) is derived from traditional zampogna music.
All chanters and drones are fixed into a single round stock that the bag is attached to.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zampogna   (352 words)

  
 Lawrence Walsh: Late-night road work has family tired, angry
When Zampogna pointedly told him he knew exactly what was going on near her home, he said the work would stop at 3 a.m.
The Zampognas came home at various times during the day and early evening to find trucks and equipment in their driveway, blocking their driveway, blocking their mailbox and blocking the two-lane road in front of the house.
Zampogna said she complained bitterly to the "truck sitter," a man who sat behind the wheel of a truck for hours at a time near the house.
www.post-gazette.com /consumer/20020607walsh4.asp   (799 words)

  
 Chris Zampogna: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Zampogna adds, PEC is focused on growing the program, so he offered some guidelines for eligibility.
Zampogna said people often have a knee-jerk reaction when they hear he is part of a Cayman Islands company.
Zampogna said he was sick of paying high insurance premiums for employees who work in relatively safe professions such as accounting, information technology and the medical field.
www.zoominfo.com /people/zampogna_chris_502145076.aspx   (600 words)

  
 Mother, son exhibit opposite styles for West Hills Art League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Audra Zampogna is all about cheery watercolors: A landscape from her honeymoon in Italy, a tree-lined, winding road by her home in Moon.
Zampogna found that her watercolors were a popular alternative to a plate of mom-made cookies at the former Pleasant View Elementary School.
Zampogna is now treasurer of the league, which has about 90 members and meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Sharon Community Presbyterian Church on Carnot Road.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06208/708824-85.stm   (856 words)

  
 Fiori Bagpipes *** Steeger's Shop
The "Canzone di Zampogni" is the original Christmas Carol sung by the shepherds at the nativity of Christ and so it is traditionally associated with Christmas time.
The Zampogna has been in continuous cultural use for a long time due to its traditional Christmas association.
A small oboe called ciramella or piffero, as well as drums, are used in consort with the zampogna.
briansteeger.tripod.com /bags.htm   (314 words)

  
 Ann Zampogna: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ann Zampogna's summary was automatically generated using 10 references found on the Internet.
Zampogna graduated with honors with a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida in 2003.
Zampogna graduated Cum Laude with a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida in 2003.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Zampogna_Ann_805529840.htm   (522 words)

  
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Organologist say that the zampogna was born at the times when reed digital holes instruments (arundo donax) with an apparatus formed by thin or wood reeds at its extremities widely circulated (ancia).
Some elements of the modern zampogna such as the "bordone" were created in the medieval Age.
People think that the zampogna - still living in southern and central Italy - descends from the latin "utriculus", this cannot be said for the medieval and renaissance zampogna such as the "piva" (northern Italy), the "biniou" (France), the "gaita" (Spain) and for the most sophisticated zampognas (northumbrian, cabrette, uillean).
web.tiscali.it /zampognamatese/eorigini.htm   (313 words)

  
 Italian Zampogna Player & Maker Guido Iannetta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I count myself amongst the most dedicated of the zampognari, who are the musicians who dedicate their talents to this, the Italian double-chantered bagpipe.
I have taken the zampogna to many other parts of the world, such as Tokyo, Jerusalem, Basil, and in the last two years I have performed in Chicago and other smaller cities in the U.S. This has been a beautiful experience for me.
I was responsible for starting the now-famous folk group "Le Mainarde." The Molisan Zampogna is used primarily during the Christmas season, in which it is traditional for us to announce the birth of Jesus, and to wish one and all a happy new year.
www.hotpipes.com /guido.html   (519 words)

  
 general list
The zampogna is an instrument which, together with many other similar instruments, such as the bagpipes, still survives in many parts of Europe but in Italy unfortunately the situation is critical.
Throughout history, civilisations such as the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans contributed greatly to the difusion of the instrument and it is thought that the Ciociaria region was were the zampogna thrived and this is also true today.
The zampogna is still very much alive in the area of Italy where towns such as Picinisco, Villa Latina and San Biagio are situated and where the instrument is frequently brought to life.
www.folkeuropa.net /strumenti/zampogna.htm   (499 words)

  
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The molisean zampogna is made in narrow and poor artisan laboratories of Scapoli, a small village in the province of Isernia.
The "ciaramella" is utilised together with the zampogna for the executions of the soloist parts.
In Molise in addition to the construction of the zampogna, there is also the tradition of the players of the zampogna (called "zampognari").
web.tiscali.it /zampognamatese/emolise.htm   (235 words)

  
 zampogna_history
These pages deal with the history of the zampogna, a folk instrument that is still in use in some areas of central Italy (Ciociaria, Abruzzi, Molise).
Leydi and F.Guizzi, in their work about the Italian bagpipes, argue about a miniature in which a is musician is playing an instrument that could be a zampogna, in a psalter of the XII century.
One plays the keyed zampogna and the other one the ciaramella or bifera, so that the former provides the accompainment to the latter that plays the melodies and often sings as well.
www.zampogne.org /zampogne/history.htm   (1185 words)

  
 uksearch
The chanter bores are of the usual rudimentary conical type as are the bores of the standing sections of the drones.
The Zampogna a Chiave reaches it's largest size in Sicily where the longer chanter can measure up to 1950mm, the short chanter at 1160mm and the drones 750mm and 390mm making it a very visually impressive instrument.
From the regions of Calabria in the south of Italy, southern and north east Sicily, this latter being termed the Zampogna Messinese.
www.bagpipeworld.co.uk /Italy/Zampogna.htm   (1050 words)

  
 UK zampogna Websites
Later, as the number of drones increases, it comes to resemble the Italian zampogna and quotes elements of a Giovanni Gabrieli canzona, which is already present in parts of the orchestra.
The clarinet's immediate predecessor was the small mock trumpet, or chalumateu (or zampogna to the Italians).
zampogna an Italian bagpipe with 2 drones and 2 conical chanters, all in one stock.
www.splut.co.uk /sub/z/zampogna.html   (565 words)

  
 Civilization.ca - Treasures Gallery - Zampogna
These bagpipes, known in Italian as a zampogna were brought from Italy by Michele Trozzolo when he left his native Calabria (in the extreme south-west of the Italian peninsula), to settle in the Toronto area.
In Toronto the zampogna is used mainly at community Christmas celebrations and at certain multiethnic musical events that are held in the city.
He picked it up, observed how solid it was, and decided that it would be the ideal material with which to make a zampogna.
www.civilization.ca /tresors/treasure/128eng.html   (271 words)

  
 Folklore instruments - The Zampogna
The “Zampogna” or "bagpipe" (also called “Rampogna”, “Sampugna”, “Zampugna”, “Cornamusa”, “Ciaramedda”, “Ciarambedda”, “Piva”, “Launedda”, “Piffera”, “Calandrone”, ect.) is a
The mouthpiece is made of a small wooden tube set in the lower part of the instrument, through which the “zampognaro” player lets in the air which from the air bag then goes to the pipes.
The “Zampogna”, already substituted in the second half of the last century by the accordion first and by the piano later in the Tarantella shows, it still survives exclusively in some Southern communities (Abruzzo, Molise, Calabria, and Sicily) and in Sardegna.
www.virtualsorrento.com /en/arti/musica/strumenti_folklore/zampogna.htm   (339 words)

  
 Museo della Zampogna
This ancient instrument, which in elder days used to accompany shepherds in their seasonal travels, is still common today for being used at Christmas time.
The “Museo della Zampogna” was opened in the past July and placed in Palazzo Mancini.
It is composed of three levels where are kept bagpipes from all over the world and the years, with other wind instruments, a huge iconographic and literary documentation, aged pictures and the reproduction of an ancient workshop.
www.turismomatese.com /escursioni/zampogna_eng.html   (119 words)

  
 Ted Anderson's Huge Zampogna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
They are the largest and deepest-pitched of all bagpipes, with a wonderful melodious character all their own (which is why we feature one on the cover, and on the closing track, of our Sean Folsom Bagpipes of the World album).
This reversal is traditional among Zampogna players and is said by some to relate to a belief that the pressure of the bag on the left side of the body isn't healthy for the heart.
People like the Forastiero brothers have shepherded the traditions of the Zampogna through difficult and disinterested times - it is hoped that with its again increasing popularity a new generation will continue to nurture the making and playing of this wonderful bagpipe.
www.hotpipes.com /ted.html   (648 words)

  
 Delco Remy International's Tractech Inc. Names Tony Zampogna
He will continue to report to Ralph McGee, President and CEO of Tractech Inc. Zampogna (pronounced zam-po-na) has considerable experience in heavy truck and off-highway powertrain systems.
Most recently, he was Director of Sales and Marketing for Tractech Inc. He served as head of worldwide sales of traction control systems and centrifugal clutch systems.
Zampogna came to Tractech in 1995 after 9 years of various aftermarket and original equipment component sales and marketing assignments with Federal- Mogul.
www.theautochannel.com /news/press/date/19990304/press020214.html   (271 words)

  
 Calamus - Zampogna's constuction
he phases of the construction of a zampogna start with the selection of the right wood.
The most used is the oliv tree, it is easy to find it.
But the more professional instruments has the bags in skin goat or lamb tanned and worked.
www.calamus.it /inglese/costruzione.htm   (269 words)

  
 Zampogna: traditional bagpips of Italy / cdRoots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A fine collection of traditional and new music for the zampogna, from very traditional dance tunes to some interesting contemporary roots music.
There are solo and ensemble zampogna performances, as well as pieces accompanied by accordion, voice, organ, vibraphone and triangle.
They may not look as pretty on the outside, but they save money and keep the trash dumps a little bit emptier.
www.cdroots.com /rd-zampogna.html   (133 words)

  
 St. Marys Daily Press Online
GEORGE “JUNIE” ECKERT MEMORIAL AWARD - Chris Zampogna was presented the George “Junie” Eckert Memorial Award Friday night by Fran Pasi, manager of the St. Marys Legion Post 103 Baseball Team.
The Eckert award is presented to the team’s Most Valuable Player as voted on by the members of the team along with the coaches.
Pictured are Kelly Zampogna, Chris Zampogna, Tom Zampogna and Fran Pasi.
www.smdailypress.com   (176 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Organ Stops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
No examples are known of the toy-stop regal form of Cornamusa, Cornemuse and Cornemeuse.
Zampogna (3-pipe bagpipe), Solo; Trapani, Italy; la Grassa 1836-46.
Copyright © 2000 Edward L. Stauff, all rights reserved.
www.organstops.org /c/Cornemeuse.html   (127 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Anonymous Zampogna e Ciaramella - Novena Di Natale
Zampogna e CiaramellaAnonymous Zampogna e Ciaramella - Novena Di Natale (January 1, 1920)
A Zampogna is an Italian bagpipe, and a Ciaramella is a small woodwind that plays the higher melody line over the Zampogna's drone.
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www.archive.org /details/Zampogna_e_Ciaramella-Novena_Di_Natale   (86 words)

  
 La Zampogna Lucana
Volume one of the Taranta Ethnica series focuses on music for bagpipes (zampogna), solo or with other wind instruments.
Cannti as aria su zampogna (singer accompanied on zampogna)
See the rest of the Ethnica Series, available by special order.
www.cdroots.com /rd-ethnica1.html   (143 words)

  
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If you have any questions or would like to talk with someone further about the details of the products you can use our friendly web form on our contact us page or feel free to give us a call at the phone number at the bottom of this page.
www.zampinc.com   (93 words)

  
 Virgin Megastores : Zampogna [Italian Import]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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